course-correct
course-correct verb: to alter the current course of an aircraft or other vessel to ensure it is directed towards the intended destination.
Verb
course-correct (third-person singular simple present course-corrects, present participle course-correcting, simple past and past participle course-corrected)
- To alter the current course of an aircraft or other vessel to ensure it is directed towards the intended destination.
- To make adjustments to an ongoing process or project in order to achieve a desired outcome.
- I’ve occasionally gone on TV and movie fasts, usually to course-correct after overindulging in too many screen-based activities. But books are a constant and during no period of my life was I more immersed in books than as a teenager.2017 January 21, Bim Adewunmi, “Why I love... author Nicola Yoon”, in The Guardian
- For Manis, the league is an opportunity to course-correct a career beleaguered by bumps and false starts. She is joined by women at various stages of their basketball careers, many focused on redemptive arcs of their own.2022 February 23, Tamryn Spruill, “Women’s Basketball Players Get a New Lifeline, Close to Home”, in The New York Times
Forms of course-correct
| third-person singular present | course-corrects |
|---|---|
| present participle | course-correcting |
| past participle | course-corrected |
| past | course-corrected |
Origin of course-correct
A back-formation from course correction.
Questions about course-correct
- What does course-correct mean?
- Course-correct means to alter the current course of an aircraft or other vessel to ensure it is directed towards the intended destination.
- What part of speech is course-correct?
- Course-correct is a verb.
- What is the past tense of course-correct?
- The past tense of course-correct is course-corrected.
Words near course-correct in the dictionary
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